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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1930
Page
2
Redfield, Owen Rabuck, Redrick Bastian, Frankfort and G Patten field are named in a local assembly lineup as part of the upcoming civil matters. Stakeholders listed include political figures and regional organizations involved in the proceedings. The note emphasizes the competing interests and jurisdictional roles within the county legal sphere.
South Dakota Secretary of Agriculture Frank D. Kriebs endorsed a plan to establish a health resort and sanitarium at Medicine Lake in Codington County. He cited medicinal waters, noted Indians’ use for skin and stomach ailments, and said community meetings are planned to discuss development.
Miss Lettie Thompson travels by car with Mrs. A. L. Rebel Parker to Lake Geneva Wisconsin for a girls camp from August 5 to 17. She is joined by three South Dakota women and Tuss Thompson, a Yankton College graduate, in a trip organized by the South Dakota Council of Religion Education.
C B Beelman of Gann Valley won the Arlington Buffalo county school bid. The 24 by 26 foot built in basement structure will serve as a grade school, with completion hoped before September. Bid amount was 2189 dollars.
Oil drillers on the Harker field resume work after splicing a cable to the rig. Hard dark sand slows progress and gas pockets appear as Walter Wright reports the bit advanced only two and a half feet by Thursday morning. Cutting grow darker indicating rising gas.
Plans are completed for White River's annual rodeo on August 14 and 15 featuring bronco riding roping bulldogging races and Indian events. Officials of the White River Frontier Days association sanction the event with many Indians from nearby reservations expected to participate.
Lake Preston reports satisfactory yields as threshing runs full blast with oats up to 50 bushels per acre and barley to 42. However low prices and ongoing drought threaten monetary returns. In Polo, Northern Normal students seek sisters for Tol o. Helen Fu fate visited Mrs. Alley. Fogats joined Aberdeen normal and helped Girl Scouts at Lake Enemy Swim.
Parkston committees plan a combined community day and Labor Day event for September 1 and 2. The program includes a street parade and sporting events, with local anticipation for the two day celebration in Parkston.
Redfield advances a new 18 hole miniature golf course under construction and due by August 14. Backed by six local business men led by W P Hardt, the design will feature unique hazards and a lighting system for night play, on the Frank Campbell lot opposite the post office.
Fire swept from the north toward Nels Jenson's farm Sunday around 5 p m threatening buildings. Neighbors diverted the flames and saved the structures though two alfalfa stacks burned. Five fires were set in the vicinity that day suggesting possible arson.
At Redfield on August 2 during a 4-H county demonstration contest Tulare clubs earned top honors. Busy Bee 4-H Club members Irene Summer and Lillian Stephens presented The removal of stains to win first place under leader Mrs. W. C. Stephens. Canning Club members Trewdella Welling and Dorothy Simons took second with Jelly making, led by Mrs. George Willett.
Fundraising efforts for Augustana college gymnasium chapel advance with $25,000 to $30,000 raised of a $75,000 goal. At Lake Madison during Augustana day, President Preus and A N Graft urged support as twenty former students campaign across the region.
Wayland Aus special report notes manager J Ravenscroft is upgrading the Wayland Co Operative store with new windows on the west side and many new shelves for better merchandise arrangement.
A Tulare Frankfort Crandon and other area Hilkmeier relatives attended a Sunday reunion and picnic at the Johnson ranch near Frankfort to honor Henry Hilkmeier on his 70th birthday. Attendees included Adolph Ridder and son of Watertown BE Gellhaus Webster and Herbert Hilkmeier of Washington. Separately Mrs Jani Oto accompanied her sister Arlene Binger to Mankato Minnesota where Miss Binger will enroll at the Mankato Commercial College.
Madison Aug. 6 Prof. R E Post at the annual conference of South Dakota Vocational Agricultural instructors said the National Wool Marketing Corporation, backed by the Federal Farm board, will handle more than a third of U S wool in its 61st year. The Cooperative Wool growers of South Dakota has shipped 3 800 000 pounds this season, about 60 percent of the state clip, and is expanding to better service. The Farmers National Grain corporation aims to handle over 200,000,000 bushels of the 1930 crop, with future affiliating prospects for Texas farmers. Progress in producer owned marketing systems under the Agricultural Marketing Act and the Federal Farm board was noted, though full development will take years.
A transaction changed local management as Mrs BR W Lilly took over the Wayland Home Cafe from Mrs Henry Schrader who moved to the Schrader farm five miles east. The event marks a shift in ownership and leadership for the Toward Wayland establishment.
Mrs. Marion Reincke of Hinton Ja., visiting Mitchell, lost a purse at the airport containing a considerable sum. After a long search, an attendant reported items found by several young people who turned the purse over, and ownership was confirmed by description.
Clark merchant J. Quinn, a pioneer of Clark South Dakota, died at his family home after more than fifty years running his meat market and grocery store. He arrived in 1879, helped found Clark homesteaders, and his store has now closed with widow Mrs Chivin in charge. stock will be sold quickly before permanent closure.
Hot Springs will gain long term power and lighting capacity with a large Diesel engine as part of a major electrical upgrade. The house for the engine is complete and installation, handled by Busch-Sulzer representative Carl Johnson, will take about five weeks starting immediately.
Sunday afternoon two harvest hands on the Dan Carl farm shocked grain when a lighted cigarette ignited grass. The blaze spread to a 100 acre wheat field and a large pasture at Rayfield nearby. This is the second fire near Polo in the past week caused by hired help carelessness.
REDFIELD Aug 6 Special A total of 813 acres of grain was inspected for pure seed certification in Spink county by E McFadden for the South Dakota Crop Improvement association. Varieties include Ceres Mindum Hope wheat Velvet barley Iogold oats Bison and Buda flax Cossack and Grimm alfalfa.
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